Unconquered Sun

by Philipp Bogachev

  - The keeper of the Limit No. 3, you should proceed for us in the Command Center, you are called by their Knowledge personally.

  - I do not dare to oppose, - the Fairy said and sat down on one of a mantikor. It immediately soared up into air and rushed towards the Flying Cloud.

  And at this time other winged creatures already flew up to a defenseless Gold Tower, and the first golems and a Cyclops already rose by a plateau on nobody to the protected Ladder.

  Thousands and thousands, tens of thousands of pink flying monkeys with long and big, as at bats, wings and magic staffs of the same color in paws. Blue and blue mantikor - winged lions with a long scorpion tail and a dense mane. Two-headed and three-headed brown eagles. Snow-white griffins - signature stamps with a lion's body. Huge winged men with brains of a falcon and other winged creatures which the imagination of fairies can only guess. All weaved from air, all are brightly poured on already quite highly ascended sun. Thousands, tens of thousands of dark red granite and snow-white-white marble golems, above human growth, with long brawny hands, with the huge stone bludgeons (weighing five-six large men) capable to break a skull to a dragon. High, in natural growth, a basalt brown Cyclops with a glass yellow eye on a forehead at everyone, with stone axes of time in three big, than bludgeons at golems, in hands.

  And all of them cover a ring the Gold Tower, a dense ring through which also the mosquito will not break, preparing for decisive storm of a citadel of the Invincible Sun.

  The prince ran on ladders of the become empty and extinct Gold Hall, down and down, in the depth - a tier behind a tier - down, down, down, quicker and quicker, the account went on moments!

  - Quicker, my dear Prinze, quicker, we have not enough time! Hurry up! - continually there was in his consciousness a familiar voice. - My life and honor in your hands! Now only you in forces to rescue me as earlier I - you!

  - But … we … all … is equal … we will not be in time … - winded by fast running of Prinze., - They … quickly … fly …

  - Murin and dwarfs will detain, they have nothing to lose, - the Voice answered it.

  2.

  The first hordes winged a mantikor, flying monkeys, griffins and winged giants rose to gate. Slightly at some distance the first marble and granite golems and one big Cyclops - rolling wildly the only eye made of color glass walked quickly. To rise they rose, but did not decide to enter inside - something this silence was very suspicious.

  At last, one marble golem took the plunge to a doorway forward. And only he crossed through a threshold as from above from everything to scope the big stone plate fell to it.

  Bu at-at-mind! Hr-ya-ya-yas! And the golem broke into small pieces, and the doorway was absolutely blocked by a stone plate.

  Bu at-at-mind! Bu at-at-mind! Bu at-at-mind! Bu at-at-at-mind! The same plates got on other doorways and windows of the Gold Hall also tightly were more increasing are blocked by the same plates, as door, only the smaller size.

  Golems right there began to hit into a stone plate with the stone bludgeons, but from bludgeons only flew away stone crumbs, without doing any harm to plates from the granite revetted to mirror gloss.

  Then a Cyclops, having pulled out gold trees with a root and having made of them similarity of a ram, from all forces struck a plate. But gold - soft metal, and therefore gold trunks of trees were just bent in their sharp-clawed stone paws, without having done any harm to a plate.

  While stupid stone heads of golems and a Cyclops pushed the owners on such silly actions, fairies in the Command Center estimated the changed situation.

  The command Center was located in the Hall of Meetings (the exact copy of the building of the same name on the Island of fairies) on the Flying Island soaring in air miles in twenty from the Gold Tower. Tens of thousands of fairies sat in the stands differing from the original only in the color - celestial-blue instead of pink. At everyone before eyes the transparent sphere of three feiny heads in size in the diameter in which each of them looked hanged in air. These spheres were connected to avatars and through their eyes fairies could see everything that happened on the Gold Mountain and to operate their actions. On the lowermost tribune, among the highest officers of "STING", sat Pearl-white and through the sphere she mentally directed actions of all other sisters, at the same time telepathic conferring concerning especially important measures with the immediate environment.

  Having seen that the entrance to the Tower is tightly blocked, Pearl-white did not become puzzled. On her order, fairies joined hands, having formed a magic chain, and already spun a spell which had to crack a wall. The principle of this spell was simple. It was necessary just "to order" to a stone to grow old to such an extent and by that during only a few moments to turn it into a heap of harmless sand.

  The spell demanded a lot of time, it was necessary to consider many various variables to get into the depth of structure of a stone plate. And after that one of avatars - the healthy, hefty humanoid big fellow with huge bird's wings behind a back and the head in the form of a falcon operated by one of fairies of the second rank approached directly a plate and touched it. Through his consciousness the plate was reached by the mental order of kind one thousand fairies of the 35th number of stands - "Is older! Immediately!" And here, in only a few moments, the plate became covered by a thin network of cracks, on it a time and chips were found. Even a moment - and it broke up to an uncountable set of small pebble and sand.

  Business was made. Pass was open. The same was done several minutes by other avatars with other plates later and from the different parties of a horde of Skies rushed in the Gold Hall.

  - The first column, an avatar No. O-8-451, upward - to comb the second floor … The twenty fifth column, the golem No. G-A8B5 to comb the top ladder which goes from the next hall … The thirteenth column, an avatar No. G-9-162, examine a ladder at the end of the Emerald hall … Eighteenth column … Thirty sixth column … Fifty eighth column …

  From the Command Center all new and new orders rushed, and groups of creatures crept away on the Gold Hall as ants on a tree. And all new and their new legions arrived by air and on a ladder. But the Gold Hall persistently was silent as though expecting until all troops gets lost in an infinite labyrinth of floors and corridors then to slam an invisible door of a trap and to slam all at once.

  The Command center of the fairy was much alarmed. What is prepared by this madwoman this time? Golems and avatars rummaged around almost all floors of this very tall building, got to the very top of the Viewing Tower and even found the Transformer standing there - it stood idle and disconnected - but did not find any resistance, and, the most important, neither the Invincible Sun, nor Azail, nor Prinze found. This circumstance seriously disturbed both fairies, and Pearl-white, and Triune Knowledge.

  The triune Knowledge sat on three celestial-blue thrones in the certain room, to the right of the Command Center, near Vizator who represented a big round table from blue glass on which reflecting surface all district map including the Gold Hall in a section was highlighted. Thereby She could see distinctly everything that happens on each floor, in each room and the hall.

  She saw how everywhere scurried about small as murash, figures of golems and avatars. But this picture did not occupy Triune Knowledge any more. The shah delivered by it to the Invincible Sun, so skillfully and so perfectly, did not lead to a mat. The invincible Sun as the skilled chess player, took away the main figures from under blow, having covered with pawns. The Triune Knowledge could not deliver it the second shah yet.

  3.

  - The sister, - addressed the Second of Three to standing nearby silent as a statue to the maid of honor - the fairy of the 1st rank. - Tell, please, the Keeper of the Limit No. 3 is brought to the Command Center how We asked?

  - Yes, your Knowledge, it is delivered and ready to an audience.

  - Let will enter, - the Second Knowledge imperiously told, and two others inclined in agreement the heads. And about themselves all three thought: "Perhaps, this fa
iry will also be that figure which will help to deliver to the Invincible Sun the second shah. Let's look whether it will leave him also, as from the first …"

  In spacious, shining the soft blue light reflected from the live, breathing blue columns and walls, the room the Beautiful Fairy entered. It was a little pale, eyelids of her eyes slightly swelled up, and whites of the eyes - reddened, as well as a tip of her nose. It was visible that she still quite recently cried, and meant a lot of work for her to take itself under control before an audience at the most Triune Knowledge - the first audience for all the ten-thousand-year life.

  It shy approached three thrones on which sat identical as three drops of water, of the fairy, in purple tunics and long purple cloaks, with equally passionless and majestic persons and long golden hair, falling waves on shoulders, with identical gold hoops on the heads with large blood-red rubies.

  - Why you cry, the child Moye? - soft and almost motherly by a gentle voice the Second of Three told, stridently looking her in eyes and the Fairy could not at all desire look away from it. And then, without waiting for her answer, all three Knowledge knowingly nodded. - And - and-and, you, probably, regret that your husband betrayed all of us and went over to our enemies - enemies of Community, the Sacred Principles and the Creator! You worry about its destiny, the poor thing … It is familiar, familiar to us …

  At these words Fairy turned white as swept and failed on knees directly before six identical purple sandals of Knowledge and, breaking into tears and being enough them in turn with handles, the broken voice hasty as if being afraid that will not allow to finish speaking to it, began to wail:

  - Your Knowledge, it is not guilty! It is not guilty very at all! It is simply bewitched! It is crazy, he is not responsible for the acts! He is not responsible for them very at all!. - and suddenly, as if on some intuition, began to wail. - It It and, it It is guilty of everything! It bewitched him! It took control of his mind! It …

  - More quietly, more quietly, more quietly, my child, silence! - their Knowledge obviously happy with SUCH succession of events softly interrupted it. The first and Third Knowledge even stood up and took the Fairy by arms and put her on legs again, having gently kissed, everyone, respectively, in the right and left cheeks. Then sat down on the places, again having turned into similarity of stone sculptures. - All of us know, the darling, we know all. Yes, the Invincible Sun is artful, it is able to fascinate and captivate consciousness of the victims, We know about it. Do not worry, your husband will not be sprayed for change to Community and the Sacred Principles, be not afraid. Moreover, - having made a voice especially confidential, - We will even suit all so that it was not lulled - you are his wife, you are responsible for it. We will give it to you on bails, and the memory littered with this damned witch, We just will clear …

  - And it will be former! - the Fairy clapped the hands, from delight for an instant having forgotten about everything.

  - Well, of course, former! Even do not doubt! And your family happiness will be rescued, forever rescued. We know how it is important for you, expensive! - with a patronizing smile the Second Knowledge told, and Two others knowingly nodded the zolotovolosy heads.

  - And now, my dear, - as if bethinking, the Second Knowledge spoke, - you need to help Us. It in your interests, it is necessary to return your Prinze.

  - Yes, your Knowledge, - readily answered the Fairy who now when it had firm guarantees of rescue of Prinze from the Knowledge - the highest power and judicial authority in Community which NEVER a beret of the words back! - it was ready to make anything these guarantees were realized. - What can I be useful?

  - You during some time lived in the Gold Hall and know it better Us. Tell, please, where your Prinze could hide together with this renegatka?

  - Of course, I know, - the Fairy absolutely surely said. - Of course, to the Malachite room is on the twenty second tier below, there their confidential workshops!

  - There now and miraculously, expensive, here and miraculously … - told, smiling enough, the Second of Three. - Hey, sisters, and well bring the intra cranial analyzer, immediately here. We have to receive from consciousness of our dear sister - Keepers of the Limit No. 3 - the detailed map of vaults.

  Right there it is unknown from where two fairies in snow-white tunics of the 1st rank appeared and rolled in the room quite big soft chair on wheels. To a back of a chair the small steel hoop was attached. The fairy under hands was seated on a chair, fastened her hands and legs by means of special steel rims, and on the head dressed a hoop. The fairy looked alarmed, but the Triune Knowledge calmed her:

  - Be not afraid, the child, it is not sick. On the contrary, you will be very much, very well …

  With these words, all three Knowledge at the same time raised the right hands and carried out by palms from top to down, as if drawing the line from a forehead of the Fairy to a foot of legs. On a body of the Fairy the sweet languor as though it plunged into a heat fragrant bath right there ran. On her face there was a blissful smile, and eyes were rolled up. Her all body became soft. And only bracelets on hands and legs and a hoop on the head held it in a chair.

  And on transparent spheres of fairies in the Command center the detailed map of underground tiers with the exact indication of all confidential workshops and even the Malachite room appeared at this time. Even a moment - and the card was loaded into consciousness of avatars and a column one by one began different ways to go down directly in confidential vaults of the Invincible Sun.

  "The second shah is put" - the Triune Knowledge thought enough. - "Now we will look what your following course, the impudent rebel will be!"

  4.

  On plates of gold ladders boomingly began to knock steps of golems and a Cyclops - they the first went down. Avatars went behind. It was made deliberately - begin fight, it is better to offer uncontrollable and less dear golems and a Cyclops. Avatars - eyes, ears and hands of fairies - without them the management of battle and magic support would be impossible.

  First tier, the second, third … The fourth, fifth … According to the data reported from the Center there were 17 more tiers to the purpose.

  The first golem, from snow-white marble, high, above human growth, with green malachite eyes and a heavy stone club in hands, put a stone leg on the step conducting on the sixth tier. Around it was dark, but light also is not necessary to golems. They were guided by means of the magic waves which are let out by them which, being reflected from walls, measured to them distance, defined the material nature, its form and the sizes that helped them to be guided even in outer darkness.

  The snow-white golem took still a step down and stopped. It seemed to it that he hears some rustle. He turned the head, looked up, down, on the parties - nothing. Then took still a step forward, but at this moment stumbled about something sticky, damp, but at the same time unusually strong as a web. The golem did not keep standing and swept with a deaf roar down a ladder not in forces to rise because the viscous white muck entangled his hands and legs so that he could not move them. Surprisingly, but there was not even enough all its force, sufficient to break a skull to a dragon, to break off fetters! It powerlessly pulled hands and legs as the broken mechanical doll, but could do nothing.

  Other golems rushed was to it to the aid, but also mucks got stuck in invisible even for them, got on a floor it is never more to rise. Even a Cyclops got confused and finally created a jam for advance of all column. The same arose on all other directions of descent. Fairies were extremely surprised with it to strange properties of unknown substance and are angry by the arisen jam, watching the events through eyes of the avatars.

  But so far they thought what to undertake, the blow of terrible force was struck to a congestion of soldiers Podnebesya.

  On a ceiling and on platform walls between 5 and 6 tiers suddenly there were five beings reminding terrible insects - whether spiders, whether cockroaches, whether ants. They took each other for pads and lifted similar to scorpion tails, hissed something
inarticulate. Suddenly some black swill, disgustingly smelly and vile began to flow from the time which is carefully disguised from the observer between stones and filled in the stone heads and trunks of golems and a Cyclops who not knowingly rolled the dull stone brains and eyes. And then sharp whistle was distributed, and black swill suddenly flashed a bright flame, and all tier appeared on fire - but on fire not simple! This fire - black, stinking, caustic and such strong that golems and a Cyclops, though were turned from a stone, steel melts from heat, and the avatars made of the thinnest air began to burst with loud cotton as balloons. In the face of the amazed fairies one sphere-vizator behind another of fairies died away, and mistresses of the dead of avatars could do nothing with it.

  And meanwhile vile arachnoid blew - and the tongues of flame driven goodness knows where from by the risen strong wind, captured the top tiers. Black swill poured down from everywhere now, and a flame was thrown from one to other golem or an avatar, destroying tens and hundreds of these beings, without leaving from them even ashes. The fifth and fourth tier burned down completely several minutes, completely, with all soldiers who did not manage to undertake anything for rescue of the life. And the greedy black flame rose above and above now.

  Golems and Cyclops from the third and second tiers took to the heels, seeing the full powerlessness before the played elements, forcing down from legs of avatars (it was provided by the program which is built in them - to save the life when they were powerless something to oppose to the enemy). Those even had to fly up under a ceiling that they were not crushed by "comrades in arms".

  Avatars, submitting to teams from the Center, tried to fight with goodness knows where from the undertaken flame. On the second and third tier they got off in dense ranks and conjured fire-prevention boards. Millions of droplets of moisture sprayed in air began to be condensed and form walls, impenetrable for fire, which are capable to extinguish even the flaring volcanic lava.